Mahaquizzer 2011 – Karnataka Quiz Association Page 2 of 12

KQA MAHAQUIZZER The 2011 edition Name ……………………………………………………………… Organization / Institution ……………………………………………………………… Center ……………………………………………………………… Category Open / School / College / Ladies [Select One] Rules • Time allowed: 90 minutes • Wait for start signal • /ed questions will resolve ties • No negative marking • No half marks for any question • When the answer is a person’s name a correct surname will do, unless the full name is specifically asked for • A wrong first name but correct surname will count as a wrong answer • Mobiles, PDAs and similar gadgets must be switched off. Usage during the quiz will lead to immediate disqualification • Any attempt at cheating will result in immediate disqualification : TOTAL STARS : Which organ- arguably required for this quiz- makes up about 2% of 1 the body’s weight but uses roughly 20% of the oxygen breathed? This plant has the ability of orienting itself such that its leaves can 2 escape the heat of the sun. It was especially useful to travellers who were lost and was thus known as the _______ plant. Fill in the blank. Ambrosia was considered the food of the gods because it made them 3 ____________? (Eight letter answer) The largest public plaza in the world derives its name neither from the colour of the bricks around it nor from the political connotation of the 4 colour. Rather, the name came about because the word krasnaya can mean either ____ or 'beautiful'. Which square? It is estimated that he would have been the richest textbook writer ever, considering there have been over 1500 editions of his work. In the 5 sentence "I have studied my _________" his name is used synonymously with the subject he wrote on. Who? If all the national capitals were arranged alphabetically, Abu Dhabi 6 would be the first and Zagreb the last. What national capital comes second alphabetically? The Project Directorate of Biological Control, Bangalore, was established in 1993 to carry out field studies on biosuppression of 7 pests of crops and weeds. During the XI Plan it changed its name to NBAII that stands for National Bureau of Agriculturally Important ________. Fill in the blank. What is the major language of Pakistan, the lingua franca of over 45% 8 of the population? The Maori legend 'Pania on the Reef' has parallels to ‘The Little 9 Mermaid’. In which city can you find the statue of Pania? (You can look it up in the atlas, not in the logarithm tables!) If a classical computer has a memory made up of a sequence of bits, a 10 quantum computer maintains a sequence of what units? Please get the spelling right. It is the name of the gifted protagonist with indifferent parents in a 11 childrens' book by Roald Dahl. An Australian would identify the name with a bedroll or a bag. What name? What 'journey' have Premanand Swami, Guru Gobind Singh, Madhava 12 Kandali, Balaram Das, Buddha Reddy, Kamban, Krishnadasa Shama, Molla and Nagachandra among others, lent their perspective to? In the 16th century, if you had Trinidad, San Antonio, Concepcion, 13 Victoria and Santiago under your command, with an urge to see the world, who would you be? The poet visited the Royal Menagerie at the Tower of London in order to paint some of its inmates. The fearful symmetry of one of the 14 inhabitants so impressed him that in 1794 he wrote this burning bright poem. Name poet and poem- no part points. On being lumped with every other female artist, she said: "We're a gender, not a genre". Name the 22-year old 'someone like you' singer, 15 who in February 2011 became the first living artist since the Beatles (in 1964) to have two titles simultaneously in the top five of both the U.K. singles and album charts. What series of childrens' books is based on the adventures of Hiccup 16 Horrendous Haddock III and his pet Toothless, who first appeared in the 2000 book 'Hiccup the seasick Viking'? Mahaquizzer 2011 – Karnataka Quiz Association Page 2 of 12 The Ultimates- a group of espionage agents led by Nick Fury and 17 including heroes like Captain America, Hawkeye, Iron Man, Thor and the Hulk- is a modern reimagining of which famous team? I am the progeny of Juve and Diana, and my name means 'charm' in 18 ancient Latin. My rotation is longer than my revolution. Who am I? One of the characters of this novel is disappointed that she can see 19 only a courtyard and not the River Arno from her living quarters. Which 1908 novel set at the Pensione Bertolini? Originating in the Prussian army in the 17th century, name the 20 marching style with an avian reference most famously associated with the Nazis that evokes “the vision of a boot crashing down on a face”. First constructed by Pilton villager Bill Burroughs in 1971, the stage for 21 what event is inspired by the pyramids of Giza and was originally made using telegraph poles and surplus sheets from the Ministry of Defence? Name the Nobel Prize winner who wrote 'Fighting Angel' - a candid 22 biography of her father Absalom Sydenstricker, a missionary who spent a large part of his life translating scriptures to Chinese. During a diving trip off Belize, marine biologist Greg Marshall saw an approaching shark disappear into the murk with a sucker fish clinging 23 on to it. This inspired him to invent what device that helps in observing animal behaviour without disturbing them? Specific 10 letter answer please. The 1980 film Elephant Man was heavily favoured to win a clutch of 24 Academy Awards. But after it drew a blank, what award was introduced the next year? What two words, denoting a work of art, followed by a preposition come 25 before 'Sunflowers' by Gauguin, 'Geraniums' by Matisse, 'Chair Caning' by Picasso and 'Goldfish bowl' by Lichtenstein? Described as a combination of basketball, rugby and polo, this game 26 originally made use of a duck in a basket before the switch to a leather ball. Identify this game that Juan Peron declared the national sport of his country. Indian citizens need to obtain ILPs to visit Arunachal Pradesh, 27 Nagaland or Mizoram. What does ILP stand for? A two-word name associated with celebrity chef Ina Garten derives from a 1954 film starring Humphrey Bogart and Ava Gardner. The 28 second word is the Italian for countess and was once used for a brand of cars in India. What name? What eight-letter word connects a pastry made by folding a piece of dough over a filling, the loss of possession of the ball in sports like 29 basketball and an accounting term for the amount of business carried out over a given period of time? This European civilization had a major cultural influence on Rome and 30 is also the birthplace of the Fasces symbol of power. Which civilization that lends its name to the area of Tuscany in Italy? Quite like a person storing woollens, what aromatic and volatile 31 chemical does the Formosan subterranean termite mix into the materials used to insulate its 'home' to keep away its natural enemies? Which Persian instrument literally means 'little bow'? It is a precursor to 32 both the rebab and the bowed lira of Byzantine times. Mahaquizzer 2011 – Karnataka Quiz Association Page 3 of 12 Which bank, now headquartered in Calcutta, is the oldest joint stock 33 bank in India? It was founded in 1865 by a group of Europeans in Uttar Pradesh. Which of these is not a weave of silk- habutai, chiffon, crepe de chine, 34 gauze, organdy, tafetta? Hint: By changing two letters in the odd-man- out you will get a silk weave. St. Pierre, a thriving city in the West Indies, was destroyed in 1902 by a volcano that later gave its name to the most violent class of volcanic 35 eruptions. Name this volcano which literally means bald mountain in French. These brown-haired animals of the marmot family, common in North America, are known for being good swimmers and diggers. Because of 36 their diligence a fictional scouting organization is named after them. Which animal? The international airport at Boscobel in Jamaica was recently renamed 37 after an author. Who is the only English-language novelist to be thus honoured? 1600 light projectors with a total power requirement of three million 38 watts producing a total illumination of 3000 lux have been used every September since 2008, in a south-east Asian nation. For what event? It is a form of western classical music with a small number of performers, each of whom plays only one part. What musical form that 39 gets its name from the typical setting of a small room with an intimate atmosphere? The 2009 movie The Last Station, starring Christopher Plummer and Helen Mirren is about the last days of someone who died at a 40 backwater station in Astapovo in the Lipetsk region of Russia. Who was the subject of this biopic? Originally the Old English past participle form of ‘to work’, this word is 41 part of the name of an alloy used in furniture-making. It is also part of a famous phrase that is associated with the telegraph. What word? This group of minerals believed to have magical medicinal powers is known in Hindi as abrak or abhra . The spell abracadabra is mistakenly 42 believed to have originated from this. Which group of minerals? Short answer, please. Jayaben Desai, who died in 2010 in London, is remembered for her initiative and courage during the Grunwick industrial dispute of 1976- 43 78.

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